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Understanding the mechanisms linking college education with longevity
Hong, Kai; Savelyev, Peter A.; Tan, Kegon T.K. - 2020
We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect … potential mechanisms, including health behaviors, lifestyles, earnings, work conditions, and health at the start of the risk … longevity is well explained by observed mechanisms. Furthermore, we find that for women, the positive effect of education on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200924
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Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity
Hong, Kai - 2020
We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect … potential mechanisms, including health behaviors, lifestyles, earnings, work conditions, and health at the start of the risk … longevity is well explained by observed mechanisms. Furthermore, we find that for women, the positive effect of education on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012856121
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Understanding the Mechanisms Linking College Education with Longevity
Hong, Kai - 2020
We go beyond estimating the effect of college attainment on longevity by uncovering the mechanisms behind this effect … potential mechanisms, including health behaviors, lifestyles, earnings, work conditions, and health at the start of the risk … longevity is well explained by observed mechanisms. Furthermore, we find that for women, the positive effect of education on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837324
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Socioemotional skills, education, and health-related outcomes of high-ability individuals
Savelyev, Peter; Tan, Kegon - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348507
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Intelligence, Self-confidence and Entrepreneurship
Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011
I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358944
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Does College Education Reduce Small Business Failure?
Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014
We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi…nd no effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099536
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Intelligence, Self-confidence and Entrepreneurship
Asoni, Andrea - 2011
I investigate the effect of human capital on entrepreneurship using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth - 1979. I find that individuals with higher measured intelligence and self-confidence are more likely to be entrepreneurs. Furthermore I present evidence suggesting that intelligence and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320404
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Does College Education Reduce Small Business Failure?
Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - 2014
We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we fi nd no effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010504519
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Does college education reduce small business failure?
Asoni, Andrea; Sanandaji, Tino - 2014
We estimate the effect of college education on business survival using the NLSY79. The endogeneity of both education and business ownership is accounted for by a competing risks duration model augmented with a college selection equation. Contrary to the previous literature, we find no effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010459702
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Smile or die : can subjective well-being increase survival in the face of substantive health impairments?
Binder, Martin; Bünstorf, Guido - 2016
A robust relationship between subjective well-being and mortality has been established in the literature. While this relationship has been confirmed for many measures and data sets, few studies address how it is affected by concrete diseases. In this paper we assess for the British Household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524022